Pedro Martinez Portero and Jaime Faria will square off in the final of the Valencia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.33
Jaime Faria -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Jaime Faria

There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 45, the Spaniard got to the final after defeating Emilio Nava 7-6(11) 7-6(2), Arthur Gea 6-3 7-6(3), Ignacio Buse 7-5 6-3

and Daniel Elahi Galan 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (7-5 6-3). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 82 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 69. Pedro was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martinez Portero recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Martinez Portero was very effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pedro broke Elahi Galan Riveros twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pedro hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (417-269). 26-13 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has an overall 336-181 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Radu Albot in the final 7-5 6-4.

The Spaniard has a composed 34-27 win-loss record in 2024, 26-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 168, the Portuguese got to the final after defeating Ivan Gakhov 6-2 2-6 7-6(3), Elmer Moller 4-6 7-5 6-3, Dennis Novak 6-3 6-1 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 4-6 6-3 7-6(2).

In the semifinal against Moreno De Alboran, Jaime recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6²). During the match Faria scored 106 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 101. Jaime was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Faria fired 7 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Moreno De Alboran 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Faria has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

The Portuguese has an aggregate 48-23 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Jaime has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martinez Portero	Faria
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	11
Tot Games	90	108
Pts	334-281	375-345
Total Points	615	720
Winners	138	158
%Winners	41%	42%

Both Martinez Portero and Faria played 4 matches. At the moment, Jaime Faria surrendered 3 sets while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t conceded a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 3 set(s) less than Faria (8 vs 11). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 18 games less than Faria. Pedro scored 138 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese scored 158 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martinez Portero	Faria
Aces	6	19
Avg per match	1.5	4.8
1st in	202/295	225/375
%1st in	68%	60%
1st pts	138/202	158/225
%1st pts	68%	70%
2nd pts	50/93	72/150
%2nd pts	54%	48%

Martinez Portero bagged 6 aces (1.5 per match). Faria struck 19 aces (4.8 per match). Martinez Portero won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Martinez Portero	Faria
Won	14	16
Converted	14/30	16/39
% Converted	47%	41%
Conceded	24	26
Saved	16	15
% Saved	67%	58%
Times Broken	8	11

Pedro broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Martinez Portero surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jaime broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Faria conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Martinez Portero
	R1 Nava	R2 Gea	1/4 Buse	1/2 Elahi Galan Riveros	Total
Score	7-611 7-62	6-3 7-63	7-5 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	26	22	21	21	90
pts	90-81	91-78	71-53	82-69	334-281
Total points	171	169	124	151	615
Winners	39	32	28	39	138
%Winners	43%	35%	39%	48%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	1	2	6
Double Faults	3	3	2	1	9
1st in	57/90	47/67	43/60	55/78	202/295
% 1st in	63%	70%	72%	71%	68%
1st pts	39/57	32/47	28/43	39/55	138/202
% 1st pts	68%	68%	65%	71%	68%
2nd pts	18/33	8/20	10/17	14/23	50/93
% 2nd pts	55%	40%	59%	61%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	5	2	14
Converted	3/5	4/11	5/8	2/6	14/30
Converted %	60%	36%	63%	33%	47%
Conceded	5	7	5	7	24
Saved	2/5	5/7	2/5	7/7	16
Saved %	40%	71%	40%	100%	63%
Times Broken	3	2	3	0	8

Faria
	R1 Gakhov	R2 Moller	1/4 Novak	1/2 Moreno De Alboran	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-63	4-6 7-5 6-3	6-3 6-1	4-6 6-3 7-62
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	11
Tot Games	29	31	16	32	108
pts	94-96	112-105	63-43	106-101	375-345
Total points	190	217	106	207	720
Winners	40	47	24	47	158
%Winners	43%	42%	38%	44%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	3	7	19
Double Faults	12	5	0	10	27
1st in	59/102	71/119	33/49	62/105	225/375
% 1st in	58%	60%	67%	59%	60%
1st pts	40/59	47/71	24/33	47/62	158/225
% 1st pts	68%	66%	73%	76%	70%
2nd pts	19/43	24/48	8/16	21/43	72/150
% 2nd pts	44%	50%	50%	49%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	3	16
Converted	4/8	4/14	5/10	3/7	16/39
Converted %	50%	29%	50%	43%	41%
Conceded	7	9	4	6	26
Saved	3/7	6/9	3/4	3/6	15
Saved %	43%	67%	75%	50%	59%
Times Broken	4	3	1	3	11

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